Daytona NASCAR Next Gen Driver Ratings
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Driver Rating | 2026 #2 | 2026 #1 | 2025 #2 | 2025 #1 | 2024 #2 | 2024 #1 | 2023 #2 | 2023 #1 | 2022 #2 | 2022 #1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joey Logano | 5.6 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Chris Buescher | 8.9 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 6 |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 10.9 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Bubba Wallace | 12.0 | 19 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 4 |
| 5 | Brad Keselowski | 13.1 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 2 |
| 6 | Kyle Larson | 13.3 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 37 | 11 |
| 7 | Austin Cindric | 13.5 | 7 | 29 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 1 |
| 8 | Christopher Bell | 14.0 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 19 |
| 9 | Ryan Blaney | 15.0 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 29 | 3 |
| 9 | William Byron | 15.0 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 33 |
| 11 | Tyler Reddick | 16.9 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 38 | 25 | 3 | 28 |
| 12 | Chase Briscoe | 17.0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 31 | 35 | 15 |
| 13 | Michael McDowell | 18.3 | 22 | 37 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 21 | 9 |
| 14 | Erik Jones | 18.5 | 33 | 34 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 12 |
| 15 | John H. Nemechek | 20.3 | 9 | 32 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 29 | ||||
| 16 | Ross Chastain | 20.4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 36 |
| 17 | Alex Bowman | 20.5 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 24 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 21 |
| 18 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 20.6 | 20 | 24 | 38 | 19 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| 19 | Josh Berry | 20.9 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 2 | 28 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Ryan Preece | 20.9 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 26 | 40 | 34 | 27 | 11 | ||
| 19 | Daniel Suarez | 20.9 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 25 | 29 | 17 | 22 | 24 |
| 22 | Denny Hamlin | 21.0 | 29 | 12 | 26 | 31 | 32 | 9 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 27 |
| 23 | Todd Gilliland | 21.6 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 39 | 28 | 13 | 20 |
| 24 | Ty Gibbs | 22.1 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 27 | 16 | 33 | 6 | 23 | 33 | |
| 25 | Corey Heim | 22.5 | 27 | 18 | ||||||||
| 26 | Austin Dillon | 23.7 | 10 | 27 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 37 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 34 |
| 27 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 24.6 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 36 | 39 | |||||
| 28 | Austin Hill | 24.8 | 15 | 31 | 27 | 26 | ||||||
| 29 | Zane Smith | 25.0 | 13 | 7 | 33 | 38 | 22 | 30 | 32 | |||
| 30 | Cole Custer | 25.2 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 28 | 24 | 26 | ||||
| 31 | Ty Dillon | 25.3 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 29 | 25 | 40 | 32 | 14 | ||
| 32 | Riley Herbst | 27.3 | 25 | 40 | 13 | 35 | 18 | 33 | ||||
| 33 | Noah Gragson | 29.2 | 34 | 13 | 37 | 30 | 38 | 20 | 37 | 25 | 29 | |
| 34 | AJ Allmendinger | 29.4 | 36 | 35 | 30 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 35 | Cody Ware | 30.4 | 35 | 36 | 20 | 35 | 21 | 30 | 34 | 32 | ||
| 36 | Connor Zilisch | 33.0 | 28 | 38 | ||||||||
| 37 | Carson Hocevar | 34.0 | 37 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 40 |